My sister’s close friend since elementary days picked us up from the hotel.
From the hotel we walked two blocks, climbed stairs, then stopped to take photos.
Walked again till we reached the shopping area at Gran Via.
She brought us to the top of El Corte Ingles department store.
This neighboring building is a bomber, it’s blocking what could have been the best view in Madrid.
It’s a nice place for cocktails on “I-don’t-want-to-go-home-yet” afternoons.
The view of Gran Via from the top of El Corte Ingles.
After taking photos, we started our walk along the shopping street.
If you want cheap as in Divisoria cheap sneakers, bras, slippers, etc, Primark offers hundreds of items at rock bottom prices. The downside— you have to compete against thousands of people shopping for cheap stuff.
We were not passing here to go shopping. Reggie was bringing us to dinner and we were just following her steps.
There were dozens of sidewalk vendors selling fake bags.
The guys behind me were street vendors. Parang divisoria dito.
We walked far. Even at 7 pm it was still warm and a little humid.
Ola ang layo pa ba? We had no idea where Reggie was bringing us. Sabit lang kami ni Edmund, she was supposedly bringing Bong and Len to dinner, isinama na rin kami. I whispered to her that we would pay, hindi daw, sya daw.
then we walked along Gran Via, the shopping area in central Madrid.
